Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 8.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 931,298 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,041 megawatt-hours at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,874 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 920,938 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a drop of 8.7% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from wind power plants constituted 20.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 20.1% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,058 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,375 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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